As you may know already, the HPC plans to supplement the NCQA standards for recognition in four priority areas:

·Resource Stewardship

·Patient Experience

·Population Health Management

·Behavioral Health Integration

Some of the proposed standards are clearly directed toward pediatric care, specifically in the areas of behavioral health integration care transitions. Your efforts in various CHQC initiatives in recent years will undoubtedly enhance the pediatric focused feedback you can provide to the HPC in many aspects of their proposed program.